Ualett, the leading financial technology platform serving gig workers, announced the launch of Ualett Rewards, a new loyalty program designed to recognize and reward clients for their engagement and financial activity.

Following Norges Bank's decision to increase the key policy rate by 0.25 percentage point at the monetary policy meeting on 6 May 2026, DNB has decided to increase the interest rate on home mortgages and deposits by up to 0.25 percentage point.

Franklin Templeton, a global investment leader, today announced the launch of its Private Markets Model Portfolios, developed in collaboration with Corastone, a digital infrastructure platform and permissioned blockchain network designed to streamline, automate, and scale private market investments. The Private Markets Model Portfolios are designed to help financial advisors more efficiently incorporate private market investments within a professionally managed portfolio framework.

Exito Media Concepts, a globally acclaimed powerhouse in B2B technology events, proudly announces the 35th Edition of the BFSI Innovation & Technology Summit Philippines 2026, the region’s most prestigious and influential gathering of banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) technology leaders.

The Connect Expo Series is coming to Atlanta, evolving from the popular Customer Connect event to include two brand new co-located shows: AI Connect and Cloud Connect! The conferences will take place at the Georgia World Congress Center, offering attendees a unique opportunity to explore industry-spanning solutions, network with peers, and hear from senior leaders driving innovation in AI, cloud, and customer experience.

Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) ("Alkami"), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced the release of its new research, the 2026 Digital Banking Performance Metrics Report, commissioned by Alkami and conducted by Cornerstone Advisors. Now in its seventh year, the report expands beyond retail banking for the first time to include new benchmarks for business digital banking, while continuing to deliver insights into digital banking adoption, user engagement, and performance trends.

Icon Solutions, the UK fintech enabling banks to design and implement state-of-the-art payment systems, has been awarded a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

CMC Markets (“CMC”), a FTSE 250 company and global leader in multi-asset online trading and investing for retail, professional and institutional clients, has expanded its product offering with the launch of its first listed securitised derivatives.

Aquazone, the industry-leading water treatment company specialising in chemical dosing, framework delivery and bespoke solutions, which operates as part of the Ross-Shire Engineering (RSE) Group, has enhanced its financial reporting thanks to its implementation of AccountsIQ’s cloud accounting software.

One Mortgage System (OMS), the CRM and loan origination platform for intermediaries and lenders, has announced that Twenty7tec’s ADAPT solution is now fully integrated into its platform, with the functionality live and available to users immediately.

Ghezali, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), will take the stage at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026, taking place October 12–16 in Cape Town. Ghezali leads the pan-African body that, alongside the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexibank), is spearheading the African Energy Bank (AEB) - a landmark institution expected to become operational by June 2026 in Abuja, Nigeria. His confirmation at AEW places Africa's evolving financing architecture at the center of the event's agenda.

Gresham, a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions and services to global markets, has announced a strategic partnership with FundGuard, the cloud-native, AI-enabled investment accounting platform.

Allvue Systems, LLC (“Allvue”), a leading technology provider for the private capital markets, and RSM US LLP (“RSM”), a leading provider of assurance, tax and consulting services for the middle market, today announced a strategic alliance to launch the industry’s first-of-its-kind Agentic AI Capital Operating Model. The model will redefine how quickly and efficiently capital calls are executed and governed across private capital firms using agentic AI orchestration.

FMSI, a provider of branch workforce management and lobby optimization solutions for financial institutions, today announced a new partnership with Bulldog Federal Credit Union, a community-chartered credit union serving Washington County, Maryland since 1968.

ParaScript, an AI-powered document processing company, today announced an alliance with ABBYY, combining ABBYY’s OCR and intelligent document processing (IDP) platform with ParaScript’s handwriting recognition and fraud detection capabilities to deliver a unified document intelligence solution that improves accuracy, reduces manual review and strengthens fraud prevention.